Let's settle this once and for all.
In the wake of Florida Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan becoming the second-youngest coach in history to reach the 500-win plateau over the weekend, I'm going to ask the question I've asked before in this space:...

It is the granddaddy of all scholar-athlete award dinners in the Lehigh Valley.
When the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame holds its annual scholar-athlete banquet Sunday evening at the...

Lisa Aiello DeLeon just wanted to show Keith Olbermann that there was more to Penn State than the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
When she read that the university's annual THON dance marathon had raised more than $13 million over the weekend for pediatric...

ESPN suspended host Keith Olbermann on Tuesday for making "completely inappropriate" comments about Penn State students on Twitter.
Olbermann, who hosts a daily show on ESPN2, responded to a tweet Monday about the university's annual Dance Marathon...

There is a lesson to be learned following reports several conferences are exploring the option of restoring freshman ineligibility, barring first-year athletes from playing.
And you don't have to have a college degree to see what it is.
It all began when the Big Ten pushed the debate to the forefront by confirming to ESPN that league officials were considering the making freshman ineligible in football and men's basketball.
Freshman have been eligible to play in all NCAA sports since 1972, but...

This is how badly Kevin Reihner wants to play football at Penn State: He's studying Turkish.
It was either that or Swahili.
Something that, when you get to know the Nittany Lions' soon-to-be offensive lineman, seems to fit his style.
"When I broke it down, I saw myself winding my way by Istanbul when I take the kids to Europe one day or something," he said, cracking wise yet again. "I just don't see myself in eastern Africa. Or is it western Africa?
"Yeah, it's an extremely difficult language...

Tom Bradley is in line to become as UCLA’s defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not allowed to comment on the matter.
Bradley's hire is awaiting approval from the University of California Board of Regents. He would replace Jeff Ulbrich, who left UCLA to become an assistant coach with the Atlanta Falcons.
Bradley was an assistant at Penn State from 1981 to 2011. He was named the Nittany Lions’ interim head coach in 2011 after Joe Paterno stepped...

The Ravens met with Iowa offensive tackle Brandon Scherrf at the NFL scouting combine, talking with one of the top offensive line prospects in the draft.
Scherff is a consensus All-American and Outland Trophy Award winner who has drawn comparisons to Ravens Pro Bowl guard Marshal Yanda, a fellow former Iowa standout. He also has been compared to Dallas Cowboys guard Zack Martin, a first-round draft pick last year from Notre Dame who played offensive tackle in college.
Scherff, 6 feet 5, 320 pounds,...

Driving up to Penn State on Saturday dredged up some nasty memories of my last trip to Happy Valley for a Maryland men's basketball game. It wasn’t much fun for the Terps, either.
It was March 1990, the end of coach Gary Williams’ first season back at his alma mater. It was a tumultuous year for the Terps, still reeling from the 1986 death of Len Bias and the three-year reign of mostly error by former Dunbar coach Bob Wade. Wade left Williams plenty of talent, and headaches.
Maryland was a...

HARRISBURG — The criminal case of former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex abuse allegations against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky could soon be under consideration by the state's highest court.
Lawyers for former Athletic Director Tim Curley asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a county judge's decision last month rejecting Curley's claim his rights to legal counsel were violated during grand jury proceedings.
Curley is awaiting trial with former...